West Midlands
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Henry Boot gets go-ahead for 75,500 sq ft Birmingham office
Henry Boot Developments has secured consent for 7,000 sq m (75,500 sq ft) offices and 160 parking spaces at Paradise Circus, Birmingham.
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Appeal Court gives Birmingham Relief Road final go-ahead
The £700m Birmingham Northern Relief Road is finally to be built following the failure of protesters to block the proposals in the Court of Appeal.
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Appeal against £700m Birmingham toll road rejected
The Appeal Court has thrown out an appeal against the £700m Birmingham Northern Relief Road. The Alliance and members of the public lodged the appeal against the 27-mile stretch of…
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Protesters lose Birmingham Relief Road appeal
Protesters today failed to block the £700m Birmingham Northern Relief Road in the Court of Appeal. The court upheld a High Court decision in 1998 that gave the go-ahead for…
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Automotive team attacks Longbridge aid criteria
A Birmingham-based automotive team at Pricewaterhouse Coopers has criticised the government’s conditions it wants to tie to state assistance for the Rover Longbridge plant.
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Protesters hire lawyers to fight their pitch
A growing trend among environmental protesters to use changes in the legal set-up to fight developers in Middle England is explored in The Times.
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Will govt raise funds for Rover Longbridge to at least £150m?
The government plans to raise its aid offer to BMW for Rover’s Longbridge plant from £118m to at least £150m, according to a report in The Sunday Times at the…
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Police want powers to disrupt protesters’ bunkers and tunnels
HM Inspectorate of Police has called for laws to allow police to disrupt the building of bunkers and tunnels by environmental protestors.
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Govt offer to Longbridge falls short
The government is understood to have offered BMW £100-£118m to help it keep its Longbridge Rover plant open, according to some of this morning’s newspapers.
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Regent to open 11 new Walkabouts
Regent Inns expects to open another 11 Walkabout sports bar outlets by the end of December. It also plans to open 11 other branded outlets this year and another 16…
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Longbridge decision may not come before March 30
The future of Rover’s Longbridge plant may not now be disclosed until March 30 when parent company BMW delivers its annual results.
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Edge Ellison appoints head of retail unit
Simon Boss has been appointed as the head of Edge Ellison’s retail property unit. Twenty lawyers at the Birmingham-based firm focus on advising retailers on acquisitions, disposals and portfolio management.